COVID-19 RESOURCES FOR THE LEHIGH VALLEY
If you do not have a regular health care provider, or if your provider is unavailable: COVID-19 Patient Facing Hotline @ 1-888-402-5846, option 3. The Lehigh Valley Health Network can perform testing for COVID-19, but other causes for respiratory tract infections must be investigated in addition to COVID-19. Several sites are currently available for testing, […]
INFORMATION REGARDING THE NOVEL CORONAVIRUS (COVID-19)
The health and well-being of our employees, clients, and our community are important to us. While many questions regarding the novel coronavirus remain unanswered at this time, there are practical, common-sense ways for you to take care of yourself, protect others, and monitor the latest developments. Based on guidance from the U.S. Centers for Disease […]
Your Job Search: The Big Picture
It is never easy to talk when having your teeth cleaned, but recently I chatted with my dental hygienist while she cleaned my teeth. I always ask about her kids – particularly her son, Joe. A few years ago, Joe was searching for a job and came to Allied. We placed him in a warehouse position […]
Job Search Tools: Wordle
Have you ever heard of a wordle? Self-described as a “toy for generating ‘word clouds’ from text that you provide”, they offer an interesting way to visually represent text. Words that appear more frequently in the source text are displayed larger than other words. It’s an interesting exercise to create a wordle of your blog […]
Winter Weather Warnings
Do you know the difference between a watch and a warning? Is a storm warning the same as a blizzard warning? Winter is upon us in the Lehigh Valley, so it’s important to understand the terms used to forecast the weather. Familiarize yourself with the following weather alerts so you know what actions you […]
How to combat business e-mail compromise scams
A human resources representative at a small mining company received an e-mail purporting to be from the CEO and requesting employees’ W2 information. That rep—who had been trained on the risk of e-mail fraud just a month earlier—complied, providing the requested data to the source via PDF. The problem: It was a business e-mail compromise (BEC) scam. […]